From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Preponderate \Pre*pon"der*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Preponderated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preponderating}.] [L.
praeponderatus, p. p. of praeponderare; prae before +
ponderare to weigh, fr., pondus, ponderis, a weight. See
{Ponder}.]
1. To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight;
to overbalance.
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An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the
center of the balance, will preponderate greater
magnitudes. --Glanvill.
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2. To overpower by stronger or moral power.
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3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. [Obs.]
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The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates
him for peace. --Fuller.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Preponderate \Pre*pon"der*ate\, v. i.
To exceed in weight; hence, to incline or descend, as the
scale of a balance; figuratively, to exceed in influence,
power, etc.; hence; to incline to one side; as, the
affirmative side preponderated.
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That is no just balance in which the heaviest side will
not preponderate. --Bp. Wilkins.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
preponderate
v 1: weigh more heavily; "these considerations outweigh our
wishes" [syn: {preponderate}, {outweigh}, {overbalance},
{outbalance}]
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